The
Florence City Schools Memorabilia Room, which officially
opened in the Burrell-Slater School building on November
1, 2012, has received a statewide honor. On April 29,
2013, Dr. Janet Womack received word from Mr. Tom
Turley, a staff member at the Alabama Department of
Archives and History, that the Local Governments Records
Commission has chosen the Memorabilia Room as the
recipient of the 2013 Records Management and
Preservation Award.
The
Memorabilia Room is the result of a partnership that
includes the Florence City Council (funding for a new
HVAC system); Mr. Charles Anderson (donation of all
display shelving); Ms. Maray Daniel (overall design of
the Room); alumni from Bradshaw and Coffee High Schools
(preserving artifacts from the two schools and setting
up the displays); and Mr. Dempsey Rutherford and other
staff members from Brandon Elementary School (preserving
artifacts from Brandon and other elementary schools).
So, the recent award is a tribute to all who worked
together to make the Memorabilia Room a reality.
In an
agreement between UNA and FCS, and with the help of
a private donor, 80 of
our K-12 teachers and administrators will have the
opportunity to attend graduate school over the next
four years to obtain a masters or specialist degree
in education at a significantly reduced cost to the
individual. The selected participants will begin
graduate work this summer. After an application and
interview process, the following forty teachers and
administrators chosen for the first official
cohort of IMPACT 80 are:
Carolyn Adams
Carol Behel
Russell Belote
Stephane Bolton
Andrea Brewer
Scotty Brown
Emily Buffaloe
Sherry Chase
Katie Dalrymple
Stephen Darwin
Stuart Duncan
April Folden
Laurie Fowler
Daphnae Hogan
Shelia Holt
Julie Lane
Darrin Lett
Ashley Lopez
Jessica McCarley
Ashley McDaniel
Scott McKinnon
Susan Meyer
Stacy Newton
Holly Noles
Becky Odell
Heather Pounders
Susan Riedel
Veronica Robinson
Florence High School was
recently recognized as a Banner
School by the CLAS (Council for
Leaders in Alabama Schools)
association. 119 Alabama
schools applied for the award,
but only twelve were chosen.
Dr. Womack, Superintendent,
Florence City Schools, Mrs.
Lynne Hice, Principal, Florence
High School, and members of her
faculty and staff traveled to
Montgomery to attend the
luncheon and receive the award.
Congratulations to Mrs. Hice and
her outstanding faculty and
staff for a job well done!
Congratulations to the FMS Scholar Bowl team and to
their sponsor, Jacqueline Poole! On April 12, 2013, the
Florence Middle School Scholars Bowl Team competed in
the Spring 2013 Knowledge Master Open Tournament. THE
RESULTS ARE STUPENDOUS !!!!!!!!! The FMS Scholars Bowl
Team excelled from 5th place in the state of Alabama in
the Fall 2012 Knowledge Master Open Tournament to 3rd
place in the Spring 2013 Knowledge Master Open
Tournament.
Student award for the
whole region consisting of northwest Alabama, northeast
Mississippi, and south central Tennessee. Davis won this
honor by having the highest score on the American
Chemical Society test administered by UNA. Kacy Wilson
was also honored for having the highest score at
Florence High School. Davis's teacher is Marilyn
Williams, and Kacy's is Bo Culver. Congratulations to
both students and instructors!
Josie
Perry Selected as a 2013 Young Hero of Alabama
Florence High student Josie
Perry has been selected as a 2013 Young Hero of
Alabama. Out of hundreds of nominations, only five
students were selected by a committee made up of Alabama
business, civic and education leaders. Josie was
nominated by FHS teacher Dorlea Rikard. Each of the
Young Heroes will receive a $2,500 scholarship to the
college/university of their choice, an I-Pad, and some
other goodies.
Within the next couple of
weeks, Josie will be contacted by a representative of
APT to come to Florence to film her story. The
collected vignettes will be broadcast on the evening of
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 – in conjunction with the
announcement of Alabama’s Teacher of the Year. A
representative from APT will also be visiting the school
and Josie to present her scholarship and other prizes.
Congratulations, Josie!
Florence has had several other Heroes over the years. If
you would like to see the photos and bios of Young
Heroes from years past, you may do so at this link:
http://www.aptv.org/stars/heroes.asp
Congratulations to the Florence High School "Big Blue"
Falcon Band for receiving the rating of "Superior" from
all three concert judges and the sight-reading judge at
the Alabama Bandmasters Association Music Performance
Assessment at UNA. This is the highest rating that
concert bands can earn in the state of Alabama. Way to
go "Big Blue"!!
The Florence Science
Olympiad teams competed at UAH on Saturday. Team 1
placed 3rd overall earning an opportunity for
Florence to compete in the State Competition for the
seventh consecutive year!!
Florence High School team 1 came in only two points
behind the second place team and finished third ahead of
the fourth place team, Grissom High School, by a 27
point margin.
Congratulations to the following Science Olympiad
Medalists:
1st
in Forensics- Alexis Batchelor and Roman Sherrod
2nd
in Fermi Questions- Rohit Borah and Roman Sherrod
2nd
in Write it Do it – Amanda Lawrence and Sarah Mathews
3rd
in Chemistry – Lee McLauglin and Roman Sherrod
3rd
in Dynamic Planet – Sarah Mathews and Hannah Mokulis
3rd
in Elastic Glider – David Marsh and Parth Patel
3rd
in Material Science – Parth Patel and Roman Sherrod
3rd
in Technical Problem Solving – Andrew Brown and Thomas
Solomon
4th
in Anatomy – Rohit Borah and Allen Mao
4th
in Chemistry- Barry Flannery and Thomas Solomon
4th
in Designer Genes – Amanda Lawrence and Amaryst Parks
4th
in Experimental Design – Raymond Lee, David Marsh, Parth
Patel
4th
in Forestry – Rohit Borah and Allen Mao
4th
in Gravity Vehicle – David Marsh and Parth Patel
4th
in Magnetic Levitation device – Lee McLauglin and
Raymond Lee
Honorable Mentions:
5th
in Boomilever – David Marsh and Roman Sherrod
5th
in Write it do it – Emily Shields and Leah Smith
(freshman)
5th
in Disease Detectives – Max Mao and Therese Solomon
(freshman)
5th
in Heredity – Mollie Murphy (freshman)
Thanks
to Dr. Lisa Keys-Mathews for working with our students
in remote sensing and dynamic planet during
our night
practices over the past several weeks.
Coaches are:
Donna
Bográn--FHS Science
Olympiad Coach
FFC
Coaches – Stephen
Darwin and Ricky Taylor
FHS
Assistant Coach – Robin Thompson
Florence High School
Students Named in Prestigious Scholarship Programs
Florence City Schools is proud to announce the
achievements of several Florence High School students.
Congratulations to Roman Sherrod for his recognition by
the U. S. Department of Education as a semifinalist to
become a member and scholarship recipient of the U. S.
Presidential Scholars Program. He will continue in the
competition to become one of the 560 students in the
nation that will be recognized as a Presidential
Scholar. Roman has a perfect score on both the ACT and
math and reading portions of the SAT.
Congratulations also to Roman, Rohit Borah, and Adam
Schoenbachler for their selection as finalists by the
National Merit Program, and to Juliette Stanley for her
selection as a National Achievement Finalist by the
National Merit Program. Juliette is one of 1,280
national finalists.
Not
only the students, but their families, their teachers,
and their administrators as well are to be commended for
the honors awarded to these outstanding individuals.
Left to right: Roman Sherrod, Adam Shoenbachler,
Rohit Borah
Juliette Stanley
At
its annual meeting each January, Heritage Preservation,
Inc. (HPI), a community-based historic preservation
organization, presents its Capital Award to individuals
in the community who have made significant contributions
to historic preservation in the community within the
past year.
At the
annual meeting for this year held Sunday, January 20,
the organization presented the Capital Award to Alex
McDowell, a current student at Florence Freshman Center.
As his Eagle Scout project, he and a group of his fellow
Scouters designed and executed a really fine project at
Florence City Cemetery. To finance it, he collected and
sold hundreds of pounds of scrap metal. What an
accomplishment!
Florence City Schools congratulates six
summer graduates of Florence High School
Construction of the new Florence Freshman Center will
begin in the next few weeks.
The school will open on the campus of Florence High
School in the school year 2013-14.
The Orchestra will be hosting
Spirit Night fundraisers at the
Chick-fil-A INSIDE Regency
Square Mall from 5:00 p.m.-8:00
p.m. on the following dates:
Feb 24 - March 24 - April 28 -
May 26
Elks Lodge Donates Dictionaries to all 3rd
Graders in FCS
All public schools in Florence are fully accredited by
SACS CASI (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Council on Accreditation and School Improvement), one of
the first 150 school systems in America to be
comprehensively accredited as a district.
Equal Education/Employment
Opportunity
Statement
It is
the official policy of the
FlorenceCity
School District
that no person shall on the grounds of race, color,
disability, sex, religion, creed, national origin or
age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any
program, activity or employment.
Josie
Perry Selected as a 2013 Young Hero of Alabama
